> "Characterized by assumption [...]" that's pretending Maybe by a meaning of "assumption" or "pretending" that I'm not too familiar with. Normally, I would th

> "Characterized by assumption [...]" that's pretending Maybe by a meaning of "assumption" or "pretending" that I'm not too familiar with. Normally, I would think that someone "assuming" thinks something is true and acts like so, and someone "pretending" thinks it's not true but acts like it is. > "making an exaggerated outward show"; pretending My English must be lacking... Exaggerated just means making something more apparent than it needs to be. That's also different to pretending. > "full of pretense"; hey, what does the definition for that return? Ok, you convince me there's related meanings with that.